On Jan 17, 2:33*pm, Tom K wrote:
On 1/16/12 9:36 PM, Charles wrote:

In , Tom K
*wrote:

To me, that damage doesn't look major.

Given the SOLAS requirement, that ship shouldn't have sank.

The damage is major. I don't see how you can look at the pictures
available and see otherwise.

*From one article:

"It's possible, with small areas of damage, to prefabricate a [steel]
patch and put it into place," says Dawn Gorman, editor of the magazine,
International Tug & OSV.

It says SMALL AREAS of damage.

He is clearly speaking in the 'conditional'... common sense tell us
that this evaluation, however small or large, could not have been
completed by today and surely not by this editor.

jay